Christmas Eve

I think Christmas Eve dinner was pretty much the same company as Thanksgiving. Just our family is BIG, but it seems it seems so small with just us. We had a yummy ham and turkey dinner and way too many treats to eat. We all had a fun night talking and sharing gifts. Mom made sure that we each had a gift to open for Christmas Eve. We all had to get home at a decent hour so we could get ready for Santa!!

Josh, Jeremy, & Jordan singing (I like Jeremy's mic!) probably Delta Dawn or another oldie that we were forced to listen to growing up=)

Polar Express

We headed to Williams, AZ the day before Christmas Eve to ride the Polar Express.
We loaded up into 2 cars this time because there was 16 of us. We grabbed McDonalds for lunch (the kids request) and headed out of town.
There was a lot of snow this year and it was freezing.
Chloe asked Grandma if we could go to the deer farm, so we went. It was totally cold and muddy and most of the kids just cried because they were scared. So that was no fun!

But we cleaned up a bit and went to dinner at the Pizza Factory which is always a yummy part of the tradition.
After dinner it was time to board the train.
We had hot chocolate and cookies and listen to the story of the Polar Express.
Santa got on the train and gave each of the kids a bell.
But...
only if they believed!!

6 months

6 things about our little 6 month old girl

• she is a major "mama's girl"
• she is loving her baby food, just not the green stuff!
• she is a sleeper (12 hours at night and 3 2-3 hour naps during the day)
• she loves her brothers and sister and they love making her laugh
• she loves to play with her tongue
• she is growing like a little weed (she goes to the Dr. in January for her 6 month check- up)

01/03/11

Aubrey had her 6 month check up today and got 3 shots.

weight: 16 lbs 4 oz (50-75%)

height: 26.5 inches (75-90%)

head: 17 inches (75-90%)

Santa

I like how Aubrey and Alex have matching grins!

Today we took the 13 cousins to go see Santa. We wanted a big group shot and to my surprise it was pretty painless and not one of them was crying. That is a real Christmas miracle if I do say so myself!!

And there is even room for a couple of more kids!!

Jeakins Christmas Party

Last weekend we headed up to Fernley/Reno for my mom's annual Christmas party that she does for her family. We got to Reno really late Thursday night so that Chris could go snowboarding Friday with Josh and Jordan. Amber, Amber and I stayed in town and went to lunch at Red Robin and did a little shopping with all the kids. Later we met Aunt Lynda and Aunt Tammy, Katie and my mom at a new shopping center to do more shopping before we met back up with the guys to go to dinner at the cheese steak place.

Saturday was the party. Chris, the kids, and I went to eat breakfast before we headed into Fernley for the party. We had a turkey and ham dinner with all the sides and tons of treats to munch on. We did a gift exchange and hung out the rest of the evening. It was good to see Grammy and Papa as it has been 2 years since we saw them last. Kind of sad that Cooper and Alex didn't even remember them before this trip. It was nice to see aunts, uncles and cousins that I haven't seen for a while too.

All 16 of Grammy & Papa's great grandchildren

(Everett, Cooper, Alex, Mavrik, Ben, Aubrey, Nick, Chloe, Makaylin, Jordyn, Lucy, Hailey, Rylee, Will, Sage, and Waylon) And they are all 9 and under!!

all of the girl cousins that were at the party

(Desiree, me, Katie, Brooke, Jenny, and Hannah)

Papa and Grammy with the kids right before we said our dreaded good-byes

A - B Honor Roll

Aubrey and I started off the morning going to Chloe's awards assembly where she recieved an award for being on the A-B Honor Roll and a citizenship award. I am so proud of how hard Chloe has been working in 1st grade. Her teacher says that she is a good worker!! The assembly was nice and short, it was just the 1st graders. Chloe and Mrs. Guttman

Looking so cute!! So later that afternoon Alex, Cooper, Aubrey and I headed back to the school for Nick' awards assembly. I figured it would just be his grade, but nope, it was crazy packed. We had to stand WAY in the back corner. Poor Nick didn't even know we were there. I did manage to get a shot of him recieving his award. I am also proud of Nick, he is such a good boy!

Our NEW House!!

I forgot to take before pictures before Chris started tearing stuff up, so I got on MLS to get these so you can see the difference. The front still looks the same.

The front room. This is where we added the loft upstairs, so it went from 1 room to 2!

Downstairs.

Upstairs.

(I think we will have to get a new Christmas tree next year! It looks so tiny now!!)

Dining room.

Kitchen.

One of my favorite things about the kitchen is that you can't see my dishes in the sink!!

Master.

Master bath.

Master shower.

Soon to be Nick's room.

The girl's room.

Just ignore the sleeping girl in the bed!

The boy's room.

Ignore the sleeping boys too!